. security summit. president obama to announce new airline safety measures following a meeting with his top advisers. the big chill. a dangerous and damaging deep freeze settles over half of the nation. and too fat to date? a california website thins its membership after some enjoy the holidays a bit too much. >> (anksgiving, all the way through new year, members had been gaining weight and letting themselves go. >> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, january 5th, >> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, january 5th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs

good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm michelle gielan. later today, president obama is expected to detail changes in this country's counterterrorism measures. the changes were prompted by the attempted airliner bombing on christmas. but first, mr. obama meets with his top security officials. whit johnson is in washington with details. whit, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, this meeting is really a first step to improving communication in the intelligence community. the president is mostly focused on two areas, the u.s. terror watch list and airline screening. president obama plans to layout new steps today aimed at keeping the skies safe. he'll make the public statement after his big security meeting with officials this afternoon. they'll discuss how a nigerian man allegedly came so close to blowing up a u.s. jetliner and more importantly how to avoid another attack. >> with the terrorist on the plane coming in to detroit, we are not satisfied.

>> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton will be just one of the 20 agency heads at today's briefing. on monday, she vow order to close any gaps in the nation's security net. >> we're looking to see whether those procedures need to be changed, upgraded. >> reporter: some changes are already under way. the government has added dozens of names to the terrorist watch list and no-fly list and international travelers are facing stepped up security. >> you're frisked and they checked all the carry-on that you're allowed to take on. >> reporter: passengers flying in to the u.s. from 14 country, four of which the u.s. conditions sponsors of terrorism, dealt with tough new rules monday, including full body pat-downs and carry-on searches. but some experts hope america isn't relying solely on airport security to prevent another attack. >> instead of looking for dangerous objects like toenail clippers and bottles of shampoo, we should be looking for bad people. >> reporter: they want improves in the nation's intelligence system. officials were given a numb clues about suspected terrorist

uhe mar pa ruk abdulmutallab before the attack. but the dots were never connected in time. also during today's meeting, agency heads will inform the president of lessons learned during the christmas day incident and changes that have already been put into place. michelle? had. >> and, whit, there are also reports this morning of an inauguration day threat to the president. what are the details on that? >> reporter: yeah, this is an interesting story from the "new york times." they're reporting that inauguration last year, security officials were concerned that some somali extremists were planning on coming to the united states and detonating explosives while president obama took the oath of office. well, it turns out they were all rumors based on some false reports. >> all right, whit johnson in washington. whit, thanks. the secret service now says there was a third gate crasher at that white house state dinner in november. he's identified as carlos allen by the "washington post." a party promoter in washington.

like tareq and mikhail a la hey, he got into the affair without being on the guest list, he was with a group of indian business leaders brought to the affair by the state department. >> there was a group that was under our responsibility that went from a local hotel to the bho white house and there was a person not authorized to be in that group who encertificated hems or her self into that group. >> allen unlike sat la salahis never got close to the 3rd. turning to the bitter cold. the deep freeze extends from the southeast to the midwest and is expected to last the rest of the week. the at least one death is blamed on the unusually cold and massive weather system. dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: vermont is digging out of a record snowstorm, 33 inches that turned the entire state into a drift. a predictable winter scene

there. but when arkansas resembles buffalo, new york, a thousand miles to the north, you know the country is cold. 10 to 20 degrees colder than normal in much of the nation. so cold a nuclear power plant in new jersey was shut down when ice from the delaware river was sucked in to the cooling mechanism. so cold in chicago skating rinks were almost empty. human service specialist sabrina roberts spent the day trying to coach the city's homeless into the shelter ps p. >> do you want to go to the shelter? >> reporter: in minneapolis, could you literally see what seven below looks like as wcco meteorologist explains. >> our timer went dead, but water froze in about 15 minutes. >> reporter: usually the jet stream keeps the coldest air bottled up north of canada's hudson bay. but a sudden dip has now sent arctic temperatures tumbling southward, resulting in subzero windchills stretching to new mexico and southern missouri.

the cold extended even to florida. farmer there is are fretting over what could be a crop killing chill. back in chicago, sabrina roberts kept looking for those in need. >> we come back and check on them every day to make sure they're okay. >> reporter: as well she should, because temperatures are expected to be much colder than normal for much of the next week over much of the country. dean ren nld, cbs news, chicago. the gunman who started shooting at a las vegas federal building was apparently upset after losing a lawsuit over security benefits. it was about 8:00 a.m. yesterday morning when 66-year-old johnny lee wicks pulled his shotgun out in front of a security checkpoint. >> the shoot-out started in the main foyer, the entryway into the courthouse. spilled out into the front area and then over into las vegas boulevard and actually killed across the street. >> several officers fired back. one security officer was killed.

and a u.s. marshal was wounded before wicks was killed. wicks apparently set his apartment on fire before the gun battle. wicks believed his social security benefits were cut because he was affair cap american. the suicide bomber who killed seven cia employees last week was a double a little. the bomber who at being tacked the base was a jordanian doctor recruited by intel against officers as a double agent to infiltrate al qaeda. he claimed to have information about osama bin laden's second in command and was allowed on to the base without being searched. the u.s. embassy in yemen reopens this morning. security concerns had forced its closure for two days, but the embassy says counterterrorism operations by yemeni forces changed the situation. and as david martin reports, u.s. forces are ready to strike, as well. >> reporter: offshore, a u.s. carrier and a war ship armed with cruise missiles waited for orders to strike al qaeda targets. as one pent gop official put it,

we've stirred up a hornet's nest. u.s. jets and cruise missiles launched two strikes against al qaeda last month in which a number of senior operatives are believed to have been killed along with would-be suicide bombers on their way to the country's capital where the american embassy is located. couple that with the attempt to blow up ap-american airliner on christmas day and you can see al qaeda in i can't men was trying to pull off a terror spectacular. and they're not done yet. several countries closed their embassies in yemen after receiving what officials called credible spefg and urgent intelligence about impending attacks. all these yemeni officials claim to have killed at least two of the plotters. what used to be a side show in the war against terror is now the front lines. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. and just ahead on the "morning news," why americans can't get no job satisfaction. plus, tiger woods exposed. stark new pictures of the golf

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in northern china, a massive snowstorm stranded a train with more than 1400 passengers on board. the train was trapped for 30 hours in freezing temperatures after it hit a wall of snow on sunday. crews were finally able to reach the site last night and dig out the passengers. on the cbs "moneywatch," shares in asia were upbeat this morning and emily smith is here in new york with that and more. >> reporter: good morning. well, most asian markets advanced today. the hang seng jumped almost 2% while the nikkei grained a fraction. a happy new year so far on wall

street. stocked sore soared in news the economic recovery is gaining steam. the dow shot up almost 156 points, 9d nasdaq added 0040. today investors will get reports on factory orders and december auto sales. google is raising the stakes in the smart phone wars. the company is expected to up veil its new much anticipated nexus one later today after keeping it under tight raps for months.phone will reportedly being offered unlocked, meaning it isn't tied to a specific carrier the way apple ties its iphone to at&t. the unlocked version will cost about $500 version, a locked version with t-mobile should cost around $200. the ir sft plans to start cracking down on the tax man. the service says most professional tax preparers offer sound advice, but not all. new regulations requiring more than 1 million of them to pass competency tests will go into effect sometime next year. this move all part of an effort to step up oversight and reduce fraud. 2009 was the seventh worst

year on record when it comes to bankruptcies. nearly 1.5 million consumers and businesses filed for protection in 2009. that's an increase of about a third from the year before. and if you're not satisfied with your job, you've got lots of company. a new study from the conference board research group found only 45% of people are satisfied with their jobs. that's the lowest number recorded in the past 22 years. the recession gets most of the blame because it's harder to find challenging, interesting work. michelle? >> and so many people feel trapped. all right, emily smith, thanks. a new online video game featuring tiger woods will be released as scheduled this month. the company, electronic art, says that woods is still one of the great e. athletes in history and it has spent a year developing the new game. meanwhile tiger's well developed body is on display on the cover of the new issue of van at this time fare. it was taken by famed photographer annie leibovitz before the scandal over his

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here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, afternoon clouds, 32. miami, 59. chicago, 17 degrees.p denver, 35. los angeles, sunny and 74. time for a check on the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows that skies have remained cloudy over much of new england and the great lakes. and it's another clear and cold morning across the deep south. later today, it will remain quite chilly throughout the south. it will be dry across the plains while staying coco. it will be turning windy and snowy over the northern rockies. the best place to be is the southwest where it's sunny and warm.

in sports, college football's fee taes bowl game had two undefeated teams, boise state against texas christian university. with the game tied at 10 a piece, boise state faked a punt and completed a 30 yard pass. four plays later, doug martin dove into the end zone and boise state beat tcu 17-10. a big upset in college basketball as the college of charleston tied the game to take ninth ranked north carolina into overtime. and then the cougars took the lead in o.t. and beat the tar heels 82-79. in the nba, new orleans' chris paul drove for a lay-up with 27 seconds left to help end a late threat bayou take and the hornets beat the jazz 91-8 p for their first win this uhe that ta in almost four years. and in i'm, twine weighed at 28 points as the heat snapped a three game losing streak. the miami win moved them within

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on the cbs morning news, here's a look at today's weather. it will remain very cold across the eastern half of the nation. more snow is expected around the great lakes. it will be windy and snowy across the northern rockies and the southwest stays sunny and warm. . here's another look at this morning's top stories. a bitter deep freeze blanketing much of the country is expected to last through the week. overnight temperatures in parts of georgia, mississippi and alabama plunged into the teens. and president obama meets with his security advisers this afternoon to discuss the christmas plot to blow up a

jetliner. the president will outline new security measures. air travelers are finding that security has gotten a lot tighter at our nation's airports. the latest attempted attack has triggered a whole new set of rules which could have a huge impact on the economy. peter greenberg reports. >> reporter: with business travelers attempting to get back to the road after the holiday break -- >> i'm hoping for the best. >> reporter: -- the reality of the new restrictions is just beginning to sink in. >> before it was two hourses in advance to the go to the airport. and now i get here maybe lee hours in advance and i'm still running the risk of not making my flight. >> reporter: if time is money, the new restrictions and long security lines will prove costly. one survey found that 41 million trips were avoided in 2008 because of travel hassles. including airport and airline security delays. costing the u.s. economy an stemted $26 billion. if business travelers choose to stay home now, experts say the impact on the travel industry in particular and the overall

economy in general, would be significant. >> on the whole, for every travel dollar you spend, corporations see about $15 worth of profit to the bottom line. so for companies to fuel the economy, these are certainly dollars that will need to be spent. >> reporter: so the real concern how is what happens if those travel dollars aren't spent. peter greenberg, cbs new, new york. and it's not easy to stay slim over the holidays and if you belong to one particular website, there's no mercy. the elite international dating site called beautiful people.com just kicked out 5,000 members because they put on a few pounds since november. >> i don't think it's discriminatory. i think it's, in fact, it's really just about representing yourself in an accurate way. and we hope that members will get back in shape and get back on the site. >> beautiful people.com says that it needs to uphold high standards and it can't let, quote, pattys roam the site.

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